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What is Grafting Incompatibility?

Grafting and budding is an art of joining two different plants together, in such a manner that they unites and continues their growth as simple plant. In case of building single bud is inserted in to the stuck, where as in grafting a bud stick consisting two or more buds is inserted into the stuck. Stock is a lower portion of the graft union, whereas, scion is the upper portion a place at which both unites is termed as scion or graft union.                                 The ability of two different plants when grafted together to produce a successful union and also develop into one composted plant is termed as ‘Compatibility’. The inability of two different plants to do so when grafted together as often defined as grafting incompatibility. Incompatibility is more often observed for inter-specific than intra-specific grafts and m...